Background

Ms. Penny S. Pritzker, J.D. has been 38th Secretary of Commerce at United States Department of Commerce since June 26, 2013. Ms. Pritzker is an Entrepreneur, Civic Leader and Philanthropist and has more than 25 years of experience as a business executive in numerous industries. She founded Pritzker Realty Group LP and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She founded Classic Residence Management Limited Partnership in 1987 and served as its Chief Executive ... Officer and Chairman. Ms. Pritzker served as Vice President at Endowment Fund and Pritzker Foundation. She founded PSP Capital Partners, LLC and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Pritzker Co-Founded PRG Parking Management, L.L.C. (doing business as The Parking Spot) in 1998 and serves as its Chairman. She was the President at Frankmon LLC and served as the President at Pritzker Realty Group since 1991. She served as the Treasurer of The Real Estate Roundtable. Ms. Pritzker served as Chief Executive Officer at Pritzker Realty Group, LLC. She is a Co-Founder of Artemis Real Estate Partners and serves as its Chairman. She serves as the Chairman of AG Fawcett, LLC. She served as the Chairman at Pritzker Realty Group LLC. She served as Chairperson of the Chicago Public Education Fund. She served as Advisory Board Chairman of Skills for America's Future, The Aspen Institute. Ms. Pritzker served as the Chairman of Pritzker Realty Group, LLC and The Parking Spot. She served as Chairwoman of TransUnion Corp. from 2005 to April 30, 2012. She serves as Trustee of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She serves as a Director of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. She serves as Director of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. Ms. Pritzker also sat on the board of trustees of Stanford University and The Economic Club of Chicago, and was Chairman of the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and the Harvard University Board of Overseers. She served on President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. She served as Director of Classic Residence Management Limited Partnership since 1987. Ms. Pritzker served as a Director of Pritzker Foundation, Hyatt International Corporation and After School Matters, Inc. She served as a Director of Hyatt Hotels Corporation from August 2004 to June 27, 2013. Ms. Pritzker served as a Director of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company from 1994 to 2005., Marmon Group and LaSalle Bank Corporation. She served as Director of The Real Estate Roundtable. She was a Member of the Chicago Board of Education. In 2012, Ms. Pritzker received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service. She earned a Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University.

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